Flynn has starred as Dylan Witter in the Channel 4 and Netflix television sitcom Lovesick previously known as Scrotal Recall , and is signed to portray David Bowie in the upcoming film Stardust. Flynn won a music scholarship to Pilgrims School , an independent school in the city of Winchester in Hampshire , where he sang in the chapel choir and was required, due to his scholarship, to learn two instruments: the violin and trumpet. Flynn has scars on his face from an attack by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier when he was a child in South Africa. He rose to fame in his starring role of Dolf Vega in the film Crusade in Jeans In , Flynn's music was in the film A Bag of Hammers. Flynn plays a musician by the name of James Forester, who becomes involved with Hathaway's character, following an accident involving her brother. After finding success on Netflix , the streaming network went on to commission a second series of 8 episodes, without Channel 4's involvement, which was made available globally on the streaming network in November under the new name Lovesick.
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The conversation: As Occupy London enters its fourth week, musicians Billy Bragg and Johnny Flynn reflect on the lack of new songs to accompany the protests. Johnny Flynn followed his childhood sweetheart to New York, then came back and fired up the English antifolk scene. He tells Andrew Purcell about a transatlantic affair — in love and in music. The Shakespearean actor who now writes folk tunes in an extended interview from the Guardian's Music Weekly podcast. Jason Pierce speaks to Music Weekly, as well as the Shakespearean actor who now writes folk tunes. Former choirboy Johnny Flynn wants to match the subtlety of English folk music with the sweaty reek of the blues. Craig McLean reckons he's cracked it. The Playlist: The London-born troubadour tells us how everyone from Jamie T to Langhorne Slim inspired his own unique brand of folk music. Johnny Flynn. Lockdown culture 'Can Tony Soprano make me a better parent?
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B eing a fictional hero was once a more straightforward business. You were handsome, you were honourable and brave: you were in. But changing times call for a fresh approach. Newspaper headlines so far have inevitably focused on a scene in which Flynn appears nude.
